premaxilla
Americannoun
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premaxillae
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noun
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Origin of premaxilla
From the New Latin word praemaxilla, dating back to 1865–70. See pre-, maxilla
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One of the newly identified fossils is the premaxilla, the bone at the very front of the upper jaw.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Among those discoveries, the premaxilla stands out as one of the most important.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Those advances allowed the team to identify the bone as a premaxilla.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
This marks the first time a premaxilla has been confirmed in a mosasaur fossil discovered in Japan.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
The occipital, the parietal, and frontal, the bones which surround the internal ear, the vomer, the premaxilla, and the quadrate bones, may be given as examples.
From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart
That change might have allowed birds to develop big, fused premaxillae — the precursors of beaks.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2015
During the evolution of early birds, the premaxillae stretched out and fused together to form a strong, lightweight beak.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2015
Dr. Bhullar and Dr. Abzhanov set out to find some of the genetic changes that turned the dinosaur premaxillae into a beak.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2015
In our own skulls, these bones — called premaxillae — anchor some front teeth.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2015
T. b. pervagus, topotypes of T. b. internatus differ as follows: uniformly paler, not so reddish; smaller; skull smaller; posterior tongues of premaxillae shorter; bullae smaller, less inflated, and more pointed ventrally; zygomata less angular.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Phillip M. Youngman
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